How do you pronounce heckler and koch

May 26, 18 Fort Wayne. There are some local families with the last name Koch around here and it is pronounced kofe rhymes with loaf.

Mark Grandmaster. Jun 6, 10, 63 Schererville, IN. I always thought it was pronounced like Kotch like "botch" except with a k. Looks like I've botched it up all these years! May 14, 98, Ripley County. I have a friend here in Batesville a heavily German town with the last name of Koch and they pronounce it as "Cook" As I expected, there are a million different answers on this.

So far we have: Coke rock kofe Kotch Cook. Click to expand Birds Away ex CZ afficionado. Site Supporter. Aug 29, 76, Monticello. Kirk Freeman Grandmaster. Mar 9, 45, Lafayette, Indiana. Is Koch pronounced "cock" or "coke". Principal Skinr Master. Dec 29, 3, 63 Danville. I want to know the proper Hoosier pronunciation.

Kirk Freeman said:. Which German dialect are we using? Principal Skinr said:. Aug 7, 42, Ft Wayne. Doublehelix said:. Great catch!!! Beowulf Master Site Supporter. Mar 21, 2, 63 Brownsburg. Vigilant Grandmaster. Jul 12, 11, 83 Plainfield. Dec 29, 19, Greenwood, IN. I think the proper german pronunciation would rime with rock, but with a softer ch at the end. Imagine it were spelled 'Kokhh', with the 'h' pronounced. It's not a pronunciation that rolls off the American tongue easily.

Here's the pronounciation from GoogleTranslate: Koch Click the speaker icon in the first window to hear it pronounced. You must log in or register to reply here. Log in Your name or email address. Latest posts. Fatherly advice to other Dad's Latest: armalitesheepdog 12 minutes ago.

Break Room. Heckler is pronounced just as it looks, like a heckler from the bleachers at a ball game. Koch is pronounced like "coke", the drink. Quoted: Heckler is pronounced just as it looks, like a heckler from the bleachers at a ball game. Quoted: Quoted: Heckler is pronounced just as it looks, like a heckler from the bleachers at a ball game. There's no such sound in English, as far as I know. Being from south Texas Hick-ler Cock. In England they call it "The Hockler" Saw it on one of those Dicovery shows on the SAS.

Quoted: In England they call it "The Hockler" I can resolve this. I pronounce it any damn way I feel like it at the time. Since I am always correct, that pronunciation is correct at that time and until further notice. Currently "Coke" is correct. Deutschland and their flugie sound be damned. While we're on the subject, would everyone please begin saying "Loo-poled" with the accent on the first syllable, instead of "Lee-a-poled?

Also, it's "Sock-o" with the emphasis on the first. NOT "Say-ko. And for gosh sakes everybody It's easy H and K. Everyone's wrong on this one Hell I have problem with Smith and Wesson. Some pronounce it "Smith and Wess-on" but I pronounce it as "sell-outs". Quoted: Hell I have problem with Smith and Wesson. Lew the name - pold as in the word "bold," Not Leo pold.

Perhaps his name became Anglified after a few generations. Quoted: Quoted: I've been told: coke. Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: I've been told: coke. Quoted: This is America. Paris is Parris, not Pah-ree. It's pronounced "Kotch"! Because that's the f'ing way that sounds best to me, and that's the way that it looks like it should be spelled.